Mama's Last

                                  Well, I never knew my daddy

But everybody says my brother looks like him

And my brother, he's in prison

And I doubt he?ll be gettin? out again



But I watch it from the cradle

Though mama tried to hide the truth from me

She did all that she was able

And Lord, I guess the rest is history



But we all know nobody?s perfect

And mama prayed I?d turn out differently

And she tried to raise me better

?Cause I was the baby of the family



Oh well, I know she?d never say it

But we all make mistakes and that's a fact

And I know I'm not the first but I guess

I was Mama?s last



Mama had to work the factory

She had too much pride to take a helpin? hand

But she read the Bible

So I got no excuse for what I am



When they'd pass the plate on Sunday

I know it?d break her heart if she knew now

While she was puttin? in her quarters

I was reaching in and taking dollars out



But we all know nobody?s perfect

And mama prayed I?d turn out differently

And she tried to raise me better

?Cause I was the baby of the family



Oh well, I know she?d never say it

But we all make mistakes and that's a fact

And I know I'm not the first but I guess

I was Mama?s last



But we all know nobody?s perfect

And mama prayed I?d turn out differently

And she tried to raise me better

?Cause I was the baby of the family



Oh well, I know she?d never say it

But we all make mistakes and that's a fact

And I know I'm not the first but I guess

I was Mama?s last



No, I'm not the first mistake that she ever made

But I was mama?s last